The Jersey Sting

The Jersey Sting

(March 29, 2011)

Three mayors. A retired burlesque stripper. Two New Jersey assemblymen. An illegal
kidney broker. A former punk rocker. The president of the Jersey City council. Real
estate developers. Five Orthodox rabbis. Political operatives and Hasidic businessmen
from New York. What do these seemingly disparate elements have in common? The Jersey
Sting – a book written by then Star-Ledger reporters Josh Margolin (currently with
The New York Post) and Ted Sherman (Newark Star-Ledger). The William J. Hughes Center
for Public Policy was fortunate to bring the authors of The Jersey Sting to campus
on March 29th. They were joined by Michael Aron, NJN news director, who served as
a moderator. The event was also taped for national broadcast by C-Span’s popular “Book
TV” series. “This is not a novel, you just can’t make these things up,” said Sherman,
a reporter with the Newark Star-Ledger. Afterwards, both authors answered questions
and signed books for members of the audience.